A standoff between education officials in Sacramento and on Capitol Hill over math and English testing intensified this week.

A standoff between education officials in Sacramento and on Capitol Hill over math and English testing intensified this week.

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Updated: 7:19 PM PDT Oct 31, 2013

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WEBVTT GOOD EVENING IMERIN CLARKAND I'M DAN GREEN.WE BEGIN TONIGHTON THE SCHOOL WATCHWITH CALIFORNIASCHOOLS STANDING TOLOSE BILLIONS OFDOLLARS IN FEDERALFUNDING.THIS IS ALL STEMSFROM A DISPUTEBETWEEN THE STATE ANDWASHINGTON ON NEWSTANDARDIZED TESTS.ACTION NEWSREPORTER MAY CHOW ISLIVE IN OUR SALINASNEWSROOM WITHTONIGHT'S TOPSTORY.###DAN...ERIN...CLOSE TO 4-BILLIONDOLLARS FORDISADVANTAGEDSTUDENTS IS AT STAKE ASTHE U-S DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION THREATENSWITHHOLD FUNDS FROMCALIFORNIA IF ITABANDONS THESTANDARDIZED TESTSPUBLIC SCHOOLSTUDENTS HAVE TAKENSINCE 19-99 ...IN MONTEREYCOUNTY: THATTRANSLATES TO MILLIONSOF DOLLARS...A STANDOFF BETWEENEDUCATION OFFICIALS INSACRAMENTO AND ONCAPITOL HILLINTENSIFIED THIS WEEKAFTER THE U-SDEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION RENEWED ITSTHREAT TO PUNISHCALIFORNIA IF IT BREAKSTHE LAW.UNDER NO CHILD LEFTBEHIND: STUDENTS FROMTHIRD GRADE ON AREREQUIRED TO BE TESTEDON MATH AND ENGLISHEVERY YEAR, AND THOSESCORES NEED TO BEMADE PUBLIC.BUT CALIFORNIA'SPLAN TO HAVE STUDENTSTAKE EITHER THE MATHOR LANGUAGE SECTIONS,AND NOT REPORT THE20-14 TEST RESULTS,WOULD BE OUT OFCOMPLIANCE.NANCY 1:12-1:26: "the problemwe're facing right now is thatwe're at this crossroads andwhatwe do is focus on theinstruction,the focus needs to be on newinstruction that we'reattemptingto put in place right now."CALIFORNIAEDUCATORS WANT TOGIVE NEW COMPUTERIZEDTESTS TO STUDENTS INGRADES 3-THROUGH-8AND 11-TH ..ON A TRIALBASIS.THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT SUPPORTSTHIS...BUT SAYS INORDER FOR THE STATETO CONTINUE RECEIVINGFEDERAL FUNDING, ITNEEDS TO COMPLY WITHTHE LAW BY HAVINGYEARLY TESTS ANDPUBLISHED SCORES.BUT THE STATE DOESNOT WANT TOADMINISTER THE OLDTEST NEXT SPRING.NANCY 4:38-4:52: "we'resurprised to see letter fromstatefrom fed govtthreatening...whichvery critical to our schools,because rationale and reasoningfor what doing in pilot year ismost appropriate."KOTOWSKI SAYS THESTATE IS ASKING FOR AYEAR TO TEST THE TESTAND WORK OUT ANYBUGS.BUT IN DOING SO...CALIFORNIA RISKSLOSING MORE THAN 3-POINT-5 BILLIONDOLLARS IN FUNDING THELOWEST-PERFORMINGSCHOOLS, ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS,DISABLED STUDENTS,RURAL SCHOOLS ANDMIGRANT CHILDREN.IN MONTEREYCOUNTY, THE MIGRANTSTUDENT AND SPECIALEDUCATION PROGRAMSRECEIVED THE LARGESTCHUNK OF FEDERALDOLLARS...AND SUPERINTENDENTKOTOWSKI SAYS NOTGETTING THOSE FUNDSWOULD DECIMATE THOSEPROGRAMS...DAN..ERIN?###GOVERNOR BROWNAND STATE LEGISLATORSSUPPORT CALIFORNIA'SSTANCE, AND EVERYONEHOPES A COMPROMISECAN BE WORKED OUT.THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT HAS NEVERTAKEN AWAY MONEYFROM SCHOOLS. ###

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A standoff between education officials in Sacramento and on Capitol Hill over math and English testing intensified this week.